Agriculture News
The spring wheat CCI rating is now 91.1 points below its five-year average.
Refinitiv Commodities Research says trade flow data signals China will likely import 11.6 MMT of soybeans during June, which would be an all-time monthly high.
Find more updates to our short-term, intermediate- and long-term trends for commodity and key outside markets.
Corn inspections were also solid, with last week’s tally revised roughly 66,500 MT higher.
China’s state-owned importers bought at least eight cargos (480,000 MT) of U.S. soybeans, today, two traders familiar with the deal toward Reuters. And that tally could climb even higher.
We project total corn and soybean plantings at a record 182.3 million acres, which is the exact total we estimated in March and would be up 8.4 million acres from last year and 2.0 million acres more than the 2017 peak.
A weather market is in full swing, with commodities diving the past week. Inside this week’s letter you’ll find plenty of updates on the forecast, crop conditions (crop comments are back!) and Washington happenings.
Nearly half of rural bankers report their local economy grew in May to June.
The National Weather Service is calling for above-normal temperatures over most of the country during the July through September period.